eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Traditionally, the spotlight on STEM education appears to occur in high school and late middle school grade-levels. Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development. STEM education encourages children to inquire, observe, and seek solutions.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Key points: Interactivity and engaging resources can make science more approachable Elementary school teachers need easy-to-use science tools that will grab students’ attention During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Unfortunately, it’s rare to see students engage in play at school after they’ve left elementary school, but secondary students need this time too. Not every child enjoys the same type of creative activity, so the various stations allow them to select a creative task that appeals to his/her interests.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Maria Konnikova doesn’t buy the "10,000 hour rule"—that theory popularized by Malcolm Gladwell that it takes at least 10,000 hours of serious practice to become a world-class expert at an activity. She believes she’s found a way to short-circuit it, and it involves marshmallows and poker.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. Available with the Science?Techbooks?are

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million seed round led by Bpifrance and several angel investors including Jerome Lecat, CEO at Scality, and Andy Myers, President at Waterford.org and former executive at Renaissance Learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

Charlotte, NC — When elementary school teachers and students across Kentucky’s Johnson County School District (JCSD) return to their classrooms this Fall, they will find new resources in their high-tech toolkits thanks to an expanded partnership with Discovery Education.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

World Math Day provides opportunities and fun activities for students to engage with math and grow their confidence. Notre Dame Elementary School, Grade 1 William D., Episcopal School of Dallas-Lower Campus, Grade 2 Juliana J., Dunstan Catholic School, Grade 3 Alex H., Heritage Elementary School, Grade 4 Gian P.,

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

The NEA encourages teachers to bring physical activity into the classroom by incorporating brain breaks in students daily routines or taking classroom activities outside. Learning and physical activity also work well because of the fun factor. Its all about learning through physical activity. Teachers loved it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

The following selection of no-cost digital resources created with social impact partners connect families to engaging learning experiences: Inspire the next generation of solution seekers with STEM and math-specific family activities from the STEM Careers Coalition. The contest is open through June 17, 2022.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

These are the challenges Quinlan O’Grady faces each day as a teacher at Schmid Elementary School. Promoting active learning. O’Grady began using Adventure2Learning’s instructional videos a few years ago as a way to promote active learning in her classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This approach allows shy students to participate actively without the pressures of face-to-face interactions. Tailoring lessons to students’ strengths and interests can boost their confidence and motivation to participate more actively.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2020

Elementary School. Middle School. High School. MackinVIA and free eBook activation require a Mackin.com account. They have compiled free content, helpful videos, links, downloadable resources and more to help you with this distance learning transition. 4,500+ Multi-User eBooks. 3,000+ Multi-User eBooks.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

“By opening up our playbook online through SparkPlay, we hope to inspire adults everywhere – teachers, after school staff, families – to help kids build relationships and important life skills by playing.”

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The kit also came with a Tinker Zine booklet with additional science experiments and activities. . One of the first videos she found was titled “10 Science Projects for Elementary School Students,” which demonstrates a simple experiment and explains what is happening.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2015

The other day I was working with a group of elementary school teachers on lesson planning with technology. So, we began our technology integration process by envisioning learning activities that would demonstrate student mastery of curriculum content. The real challenge is not integrating technology effectively.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

CodeHS, a leading platform for K-12 computer science education, has launched a curriculum for elementary schools to fit seamlessly into a K-12 computer science pathway. With ready-to-go lessons, CodeHS makes teaching computer science simple even for elementary teachers who have never taught computer science before.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For nearly three decades, I used purposeful play in my classroom and have seen firsthand the impact it has on both students and teachers,” said Alicia Miller, a retired elementary school teacher from Evans, GA.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

We sat down and decided that those would be the first schools to get the upgraded media centers, and we’d tackle the high schools next (the elementary schools would be last because we needed to secure some supplemental funding before we could actually finish those).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We formed a committee of stakeholders that included district administrators, site principals, classroom teachers, and other individuals focused on creating more “active” learning spaces. Based on specific grade levels, those kits of parts were designed to support active learning and engagement in the classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. Instead, we conduct PD within a constructivist framework to actively engage and challenge teachers to think at higher levels. Take a constructivist approach.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

was first spoken during the height of gang wars in Los Angeles, when I was a new speech language pathologist in the Los Angeles Unified School District. More than 30 years later, I now work at a 700-student elementary school in Washington state and I have a caseload of 50 students consisting of varying disabilities.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2023

The district reports 70 screens are live today with Carousel digital signage content coming from multiple contributors per school, with approximately 150 screens expected upon completion. Whitt points to the differences between how the J Everett Light Career Center and elementary schools use the system.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2017

When Micah Watson, an 8-year-old with autism, came home with bruises, his parents suspected their son had been mistreated in a closet-sized “calm room” at Plano ISD’s Miller Elementary School. Once students realized that the cameras were active, they were a strong deterrent.” Let me out now!” .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

We have a fiber network connecting our 13 schools. We have a one-to-one initiative in our high schools, and we’re looking to extend that opportunity to our middle and elementary schools as well. 1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2018

The mentoring program gives students a chance to participate in community activities, engage in conversation with students in different grades, and demonstrate their SEL learning overall. O’Tasha Morgan’s district, students started to take on leadership roles and achieve more after the district implemented a mentoring program.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2017

I am the principal of Chattahoochee Elementary School in Cumming, GA. When our district began the push towards SEL, each school chose a program to support it based on their needs and budget. At Chattahoochee, we chose 7 Mindsets , because it best aligns with our school’s goal to raise respectful, responsible problem-solvers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Although even the youngest children are considered tech-savvy today, there exists a difference between a child who knows how to use a tablet to watch videos and a child who knows how to navigate a device for active learning. The thought of giving 30 kindergarten students their own Chromebooks might be daunting.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2022

At Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School, we recognize that part of supporting students’ success is supporting families. Research shows students who have families engaged in their learning are more likely to attend school regularly, have improved social skills and behavior, and achieve high levels of academic performance.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Fast ForWord helped Buchanan County elementary school students improve to an 83% pass rate on the Standards of Learning (SOL) test, the yearly state assessment taken by all students in Virginia Public Schools. The activities in Fast ForWord progress as students progress. “That’s major. And this program was it.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

Whether it’s parent-teacher meetings, community events, or local announcements, the availability of multiple languages ensures that everyone can be an active participant. Joseph Mattina is principal of P.S. 023 Carter G Woodson Elementary School in Brooklyn, NY, a Title I school with every student below the poverty line.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2022

At Scott Elementary School, our approach to education is defined as GAIN (Growth in Academics through Innovation and Neuroeducation), which includes multiple initiatives to ensure each student reaches their maximum potential. It is a math resource that is free of charge and provides a wide range of fun, learning activities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Under the great leadership of Dr. Shawn Foster, the Orangeburg County School District Superintendent, my school district had an active plan of action to ensure continuity of learning for all students. Our district, like so many across the country, was forced to re-imagine what learning looked like.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

PCS offers enriching STEM activities from preschool through 12th grade. Each elementary school is equipped with a Smartlab, where students attend each school day for 30 minutes. At the middle school level, students regularly attend classes in the Dyer Family STEM Center.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Williams added that MU is a land-grant university and has several community outreach initiatives to not only expose Missouri students to STEM topics at the high school level, but also at the middle and elementary school levels.

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